Charles deGravelles

Charles deGravelles (24 June 1913-28 August 2008) was Chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana from 1968 to 1972, succeeding Charlton Lyons and preceding James Boyce.

Biography
Charles deGravelles was born in Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana in 1913, and he was raised in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish. He moved to Lafayette in 1941 while working for oil companies, and he and his wife became Lafayette's first registered white Republican voters that year. DeGravelles ensured that Lafayette Parish became a Republican stronghold, and he launched a failed run for the Board of Education in 1966. From 1968 to 1972, he served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana, and he later grew close to Ronald Reagan during the 1970s. He died in 2008.